Song at Wolfson / Joshua Owen Mills: Beethoven, Fauré, Poulenc and Quilter
09 May 2019, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
The tenor Joshua Owen Mills was a member of the prestigious Opera Studio at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, and is already in great demand and becoming widely known for his Mozart roles and concert repertoire. He sings a selection of songs by Beethoven, including some of his settings of Goethe, that give the lie to the idea that Beethoven was not a great song composer. We also hear Fauré’s passionate telling of a one-day love affair, the Poème d’un jour. Songs by Poulenc include ‘Fancy’, his single, touching setting of Shakespeare, before the programme concludes with Roger Quilter’s three Shakespeare songs.
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Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
- Lied aus der Ferne (1814) WoO 137
- Resignation WoO. 149
- Adelaide (1795) Op. 46
- Der Kuß (1822) Op. 128
- Neue Liebe, neues Leben (1809) Op. 75 no.2
- Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
- Poème d'un jour (1878) Op. 21
- Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
- Voyage à Paris (1940) FP 107 no.4 from Banalités
- Hôtel (1940) FP 107 no.2 from Banalités
- Bleuet (1939) FP 102
- Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
- Three Shakespeare Songs (First Set) (1905) Op. 6